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Overview

Scientific discussion meeting organised by Professor Julian M Allwood FREng and Professor Dierk Raabe.

Discussions on global warming and metal production suffer from a disconnect between environmental systems analysis which is technologically vague and materials innovations that cannot scale sufficiently to have meaningful impact. The meeting aims to nucleate a new research community focused on scalable solutions that will allow the global metals system to function with zero emissions by 2050.

The schedule of talks and speaker biographies are available below. Speaker abstracts will be available closer to the meeting date. Meeting papers will be published in a future issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

Poster session

There will be a poster session on Monday 5 February. If you would like to apply to present a poster please submit your proposed title, abstract (not more than 200 words and in third person), author list, name of the proposed presenter and institution to the Scientific Programmes team no later than Friday 8 December. Please include the text ‘Poster abstract submission’ in the email subject line. Please note that places are limited and posters are selected at the scientific organisers’ discretion.

Attending this event

This event is intended for researchers in relevant fields.

  • Free to attend, an optional lunch is available to purchase during registration
  • Both in-person and online attendance available
  • Advance registration is essential

To view the programme, please scroll down and select the day on the left-hand side. Click the arrows to view the speakers and talks.

Enquiries: contact the Scientific Programmes team

Organisers

Schedule

09:00-09:05
Introduction
09:05-09:30
Decarbonising the global metals industry in a resource-constrained future – a systems perspective

Speakers

09:30-09:45
Discussion
09:45-10:15
A key feedback loop: electrifying metals production to electrify society

Speakers

10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:30
Sustainable extraction of non-ferrous metals

Speakers

11:30-11:45
Discussion
11:45-12:15
Recycling innovations to utilise waste into sustainable green metal manufacturing

Speakers

12:15-12:30
Discussion
13:30-14:00
On the influence of alloying elements on the combustion and regeneration of sustainable iron fuel

Speakers

14:00-14:15
Discussion
14:15-14:45
Residues from nonferrous metallurgical industry – a potential future supply source for scarce metals

Speakers

14:45-15:00
Discussion
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:00
The role of co-product valorisation and grass-roots cooperation in sustainable metals systems

Speakers

16:00-16:15
Discussion
16:15-17:00
Poster flash talks
17:00-18:15
Poster session
09:00-09:30
Reuse, remanufacturing and recycling in the steel sector

Speakers

09:30-09:45
Discussion
09:45-10:15
Criticality of sustainable metals: mining, modern innovation, consumption and the limits to the circular economy

Speakers

10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:30
Artificial intelligence methods in sustainable metallurgy

Speakers

11:30-11:45
Discussion
11:45-12:15
Crystallization process design for control of metal salt purity, size and morphology

Speakers

12:15-12:30
Discussion
13:30-14:00
Design strategies for lower impact construction

Speakers

14:00-14:15
Discussion
14:15-14:45
Fossil-free ironmaking, recycling oriented alloys design, lean and impurity-tolerant alloys

Speakers

14:45-15:00
Discussion
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:00
Matching metal supply and demand when electricity and carbon storage are constrained

Speakers

16:00-16:15
Discussion
16:15-17:00
Panel discussion